We will tie him up like a sorely wounded man, and so get him shipped carefully and quietly with no questions asked." "Well, then, there is no time to lose.

We must be at the harbour in four hours' time at the latest.

Tide will serve shortly after that," one of the others said.

"What about the sword ?--shall we sell it to the Norsemen ?" "What! and so tell all the countryside what we have been doing ?--it is too well known a weapon.

No, put it into one of the bales of goods, and I can sell it safely to some prince on the other side.
No man dare wear it on this, but they will not know it there, or will not care if they do.